1917 Lithgow range rifle

[BushyFromOz]

Latest acquisition.......

Shes a 1917 No1 MkIII, receiever, bolt and the butchered nose cap are matching, she has a 58' Lithgow H barrel which unfortunately is an after market addition. The rear sight bed and guard are missing, and the buttstock is not the origional. (forearm is)

i have a good history on this rifle, she was totally origional in the 70's, the owner replaced the origional barrel with a brand new H barrel, took it to the range once and after having a goodtime went and bought a new Sportco Mod44, and the smelly has been in the cupboard ever since.

Read = awesome barrel......

Now, the problems

The nose cap has been reamed out, and i'm starting to make enquiries on effecting a repair to it. The middle band is missing (duh) and the barrel has been wrapped on what looks like the foam you stick on your door jamb to stop the wind coming inside in a 10mm wide strip just forward of where the middle band would sit. There is no rubber grommet at the nose cap. It appears they tried to fully float the barrel

The left side of the forweood has been filed down for what i believe was a central plate, the buttstock has been replaced with another 1917 one of earlier manufacture. The wood itself is fairly rough in places, tough the whoever relieved the barrel channel did a nice job. Some of the screws are, well, burred is an understatement, but not stripped.

Replacement parts = found a an early lithgow sight guard on evil bay, and Son has kindly pointed me towards an enfield rear sight bed that has been reamed for a H barrel...... I have also got a bead on an enfield sight with the windage adjustment, so she will eventually "look" correct.

What do you think? Leave as is, restock, or go the whole hog with new stock and reblueing?
http://s1087.photobucket.com/albums/...%20H%20Barrel/

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